Me-Kong Supermarket

I live near a Ranch 99 market in San Jose so I don’t normally shop at Me Kong Super market. Parking at the Ranch 99 gotten worse since they opened a Gen KOREAN BBQ so I started to shop at Me Kong for the past three months. The customer service experience has been bad, but the last straw was this past weekend. I asked one of the butchers to grind the beef for me three times for a Vietnamese recipe. He was so rude and cursed at me in Chinese. When I left the store, I accidentally left my credit card at the store. I called and the old lady (I believe is the owner) was very rude when she picked up the call. I overheard she shouted at the cashiers and asked if they found a credit card. The answer was no, then suddenly the phone was cut off. I normally don’t have high expectation, but this was way out of line. I wish Unilocal has an option to give a negative star rating. I will never shop at this place again.

Me-​Kong Supermarket looked like the typical Vietnamese/​southasian supermart except it was empty of patrons. overall décor looked old/​tired. usual food/​meat/​seafood sections. no deli/​dim sum/​food court seen.
buys: huy ky bakery «winter melon bean hopia/​banh in sau rieng» (1.79)
–sells elsewhere @2.
–hopia unlike filipino version has lots of fruit, little dough, yummy.
–bahn has sweet durian taste, addictive, no stink in this durian.

I shopped at this market because they bagged my stuff for free. Yes, I went for the convenience. However, I was told that starting after Chinese New Year this year (02/​08/​2016), they won’t give out bags anymore. Guess what? They will lose me here.
The seafood area amazed me. They had good white clams, live lobsters and crabs. They even had oc mong tay snails. Cool stuff for seafood.
The things I didn’t like were fruits were placed outside of the market and their vegetable section was so small and didn’t have many choices of fruits.

If they have a good selection of products, I can’t tell. This store seems rather disorganized.
This store was suggested to me for Asian products, and it’s certainly in a good location, but I failed to find much of anything, even though they have huge stocks of something.
I suppose I’d have more luck if I walked through every aisle in the store every day for one week. Otherwise, they might want to re-​organize the store, which I’m sure isn’t going to happen, given all the products they have.
If you have time to browse, this is a good place, but I can get more done, more quickly not far away at 99 Ranch Market in San Jose or at Marina Foods or 99 Ranch Market in Fremont.

Man, this place stinks! It has good selections of Asian foods. Prices are reasonable, service is also fine, plenty of parking spaces too. But the store is stinky and not so bright either.
I only come here occasionally for the few specific items that Ranch 99 (my prefered Asian supermarket) doesn’t carry. I take a deep breath before I go in …

When I call to check business hours & i recognized a voice of lady boss, I asked her what time a store close for today. Then she says «lady, we are close at 8pm for everyday and she says we’re very busy then certain she hang up me. She sound like she so busy to answers you for closing time and she doesn’t give a dam about you coming or not to shop at her store. She’s very meansful & she doesn’t care losing you as a customer. I never heard a boss talk to customer like this. God I don’t want to shop there anymore.

My family and I have shopped here for years, when they used to be Lucky 7 and now Me Kong. We go here because it’s close to where we live and plus the price is cheap. The workers are also nice.

Gross!!! The instant you walk through the door there is already has a bad odor. The produce was the first thing you see and smell. Directly next to it is the seafood, ew! I just have horrible images of the blue crabs in a random brown box then looking up to see dozen of fly traps with dead flies above the frozen food section. I wouldn’t recommend coming here seeing how the food is presented. Only positive, they have fresh bread from local bakeries, 2 french baguette for $ 1.69 is a good deal but still questionable.

How is this place still open? It is absolutely disgusting in there.
1. Flies are everywhere
2. None of the conveyor belts work
3. «Fresh» fish — expect to see many of them dead in the tank
4. Food is OLD! If you can’t throw away the old/​rotten veggies… then what are the workers paid to do? I have also bought ice cream here and you could tell it has been in there for a while… so icy…
I have been going to this market since childhood (back when it was Lucky 7), but that ends now. This place is food poisoning waiting to happen.

I never dealt with the lady. If I’m not mistaken, she is the owner. Ooooooops…
I don’t look at the place like some of you. I’m going there for a reason. I’m not looking for someone to please me. I just want to buy what I want to buy. If they don’t have it, they don’t have it.
However, I can find a few good things there that many others don’t. The rice is cheaper than most places. So there you go. Would you rather go to a place far away for higher plrice with nicer service, or you want it here?
For me, a smiling lady doesn’t help me anything.

An old Vietnamese lady cut in front of me, and the cashier just allowed it. Then I told her it was not OK. The cashier rolled her eyes at me. I will not shop there again. I finally overheard her speak Cantonese, so I spoke to her and she was more pleasant, but reacted like it’s not a problem. This really makes me sad to be an Asian-​American.

HORRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE EVER. If only I was able to give this place 0 stars.
TO THE OLD LADY AT THE LOTTO AND CIGARETTE COUNTER, my mom was patiently waiting to get help and asked a worker to assist her. When the worker asked the old lady she responded back in vietnamese saying «Just let her wait «Uhh… RUDE… we’re vietnamese and understood what she was saying. My mom responded back in vietnamese to her saying how can service be so horrible.
WE CALLED THEM ASKING FOR THE MANAGER… Someone answered saying «Why do you need the manager, we have no manager!» SHE WAS AWFULLY RUDE. And how can a store not have a manager ?!
WILL NOT RETURN, EVER. AGAIN.
HOW CAN AN OLD LADY BE SO RUDE ???

I had much fonder memories of this place when years ago when this ok ace would always be packed and it was known then as Lucky 7. I was scrolling through my check ins wondering why the hell someone reported Lucky 7 was closed while I was shopping there until I went outside and realized it was now called Me-​Kong.
I don’t understand what the big change is but it still looks and smells the same as I last remembered it. If they changed it, the could at the very least make it a bit more tidy. I’d rather go shopping at Ranch 99 where things aren’t as cluttered and a lot mor clean. Secretly, I also came back here in the hopes that I could seek out a brown Toyota Corolla with a trash bag over its license plate so maybe I could confront the coward who mugs people around here. Well, and the thit lam xuong I used to ask my parents to get way back then.

I’m giving this place a five star rating for honesty and for having blood clams (: I left my wallet and forgot about it. I came back (hr later) because I forgot to buy something. The lady at register 1 Stops me and says «you came back for your wallet». They saved it for me and all my money was in it ($ 1800). Awesome!

Service sucks and this place smells really bad. They never say hello or anything to you. I just don’t like there wsy of business. Although they do have good fresh seafood that’s it. Sorry

When you enter a marketplace called Me-​Kong surrounded by famous phở and popular inexpensive dim sum eateries… what the heck do you expect a freaking Wholefoods… wake up people… this place was clean, well organized, the staff was full of smiles and everything is dirt cheap. I found random exotic Asian-​esque veggies and fruits that I wasn’t looking for and we walked home with a cheap lobster. Where else can you get all this under one big ass roof in the states? Chillax and enjoy what you have.

99 cent THAI TEA in glass bottles.
22 something for a box/​tray: 24 bottles.
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You basically have to be Asian mom status to like this place or else you’re just a hater. Yeah, it’s not the cleanest place nor is it the most friendliest of super markets. But the prices are what we come for and that’s certainly what I’m here for. They’ve got fresh ingredients for Cantonese family dinners and soups but you do really have to hunt for them.
I’ve been visiting this place since I was a kid and I liked it more before they changed from Lucky 7 to the current Me-​Kong. They’ve still got some killer deals sometimes so I genuinely enjoy coming here.
They’re known for their fresh seafood and I usually grab a fish or two. The frozen scallops are also a great buy and very delicious if you know how to cook. On some days, you’ll find deals on their fruits like apples and oranges.
An old grocery list:
Watercress (89 – 99 cents/​bundle) — For delicious watercress soup
Carrot pre-​packaged bag (49 cents/​lbs) — To add to my soup
Frozen scallops (10.99 per pack ~16 pieces) — Pan-​fry them with garlic and bathe in the deliciousness.
Golden Phoenix ($ 5.39÷5 lbs; $ 10.69÷10 lbs) — I need my rice.
Live silver carp ($ 4.59/lbs) — FISH SOUP.
Large mouth bass ($ 7.99/lbs) — Steam this sucker with some green onions and ginger and you’ve got a party.
Durian ($ 1.49/lbs) — Guilty pleasures.
You honestly can’t come in here and expect to see a a regular Safeway, left alone a Whole Foods.

I had driven by this store (Lucky 7 and now Me-​Kong) many times and finally came to check it out. It was a bit run-​down and had bad lighting. The produce was reasonably priced though. Overall, the place got a dirty and grimy feel to it. I didn’t care to spend too much time in there and only bought a couple packs of candies.

There has got to be a reason why I live 2 minutes from here yet I do not shop here. The carts are all either a) rusty, b) dirty, and/​or c) broken. Right when you walk in, that distinct aroma and not very pleasant, might I add will greet you. I almost turned around but figured I was already there and if anything I can spit out a review, at the very least.
I only bought a handful of things, nothing from the produce section. I bought gio song (for the canh gio song that I made yesterday for the week), pork, a block of firm tofu, and a bag of Takis (or however it is spelled).
The selection is decent: vermicelli, ramen, udon, broken rice, tofu, and the many condiments and sauces for marinades but for some reason, nothing will suffice due to the smell. That meat or seafood smell. Something! Most Asian supermarkets have that smell but there are some markets that are subtle (the smell). I do the majority of my shopping at either Walmart Super Center or Trader Joe’s. I tried being vegan for a week and went to Whole Foods. though you get what you pay for, I was immediately poor after my trip to Whole Foods. I don’t usually make Asian inspired dishes so I rarely find the need to go to an Asian supermarket but whenever I need to in the future, this place is a definite pass for me.
Cashiers were very friendly and fast though.